Bath-cabinet-supporting frame



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n APPLICATION FILED MA'R\ I7, |922. 3,4537?.

Patented Aug; 15, 1922.

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BATH-CENET-SUVPPORTING- FRAME,

Application filed March 1'?, 1922. Serial 1\To.` 544,618.

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Be it knot-.fn that we, FRANK llNiLo and JOHN SCHULTZ, citizens of the United States, residing at Cicero, in the county oi Cock and State of Illinois, have inventednew and useful improvements in Bath-Cabinet-Supporting Frames, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus vtor applying hot air or vapor tothe human body for the treatment of certain ailments, andl be hereinafter described and claimed, and in.

order that the same may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the apparatus; Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section ot the frame, drawn to an enlarged scale; Fig. 3 is a cross-section ot the frame on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. L1 is a section on the line l 1 oi Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional detail showing the means for securing one of the frame bars; Fig. 6 is an end view showing the .trame folded, and Fig. T is an elevation oi' a. screen.

Referring specifically to the drawings, the enclosure tor the body is substantially semicircular or arched in cross-section, and it is composed ot a skeleton trame and a covering 10 ot suitable material which is air-tight, or substantially so. The frame consists of a pair of arched end bars 11 and 12, and an intermediate arched bar 13, these bars being connected so that they may be i'olded.

rllhe connection between the end bar 11 and the intermediate bar 13 of the traine is made by longitudinal bars 14 rigidly secured thereto by clips 15. The bars 14C are located at the bottom and the sides of the arched bars 11 and 13, and they are tubular so as to telescopically receive correspondingly .lo-

cated rods 111ni carried by the end bar 12 and extending inwardly therefrom. The end bar 12 can therefore be moved over close to thel .intermediate bar 13 to materially reduce the `length of the frame when the same is not in use, as shown dotted in Fig. 2. The movenient oit the end bar 12 away from the intermediate rbar 13 is limited 'bychains 16' connecting saidbars. I The rods 14 are rigidly secured to the bar 12 by bolts `17. The` three arched bars 11, 12 and 13 vare angular in cross-section for greater strength and rigidity.

The frame hereinbefore described is turther made oldable by making the arched bars 11, 12 and 13 each in two sections which are hingedly connected, the hinges 18 being midway between their ends or at Athe top of 4 Thus, the arched bars can. be.

the arch. folded transversely! ofthe traine as shown in Fig. 6 to materially reduce the width thereof, and this folding, together with the hereinbeiiore described construction which per.- inits the frame to be shortened, enables the Jr'rame to be reduced to a very small and compact form for convenience in storage, and

transfer from one place to another.`

The two sections or' the end bar 11 are connected by stretchery links19 which are pivotally connected so that they spread and come into alinement when the sections are unfolded, thereby holding the same against y accidental collapse. The inner end of one of the links carries a side pin 20 which enters an angular notch 21 inthe edge of the other link when the two links are in alineinent, and thus serves to lock them' in this position. rlhe pivotal vconnection 22 between the links is a sufficiently loose one to enable the pin 2O` toenter vand lleave the notch 21.

rFhe means for heating' theinterior oi the enclosure consist of two `heating chainbei's,.

one of such being oii one side, and the other on the opposite side, and both being inside the enclosure.

Each heating chamberl consists of a metal casing 23 extending lengthwise between the arched bars 11 and 13, and secured to said bars in any suitable manner. The casing is closed at its ends and at the top, and in the side wall which faces'tlie interior of the en- Specicaton of Letters Patent. Pat-@1115661 Aug. 15, 1922.

closure are air inlet apertures 241, and air outlet apertures 25, the former being near the bottom and the latter near the top ofthe in another application it need not be described in the present application. Each casing has an inner lining 27 of asbestos paper.

ln order to facilitate transportation of the apparatus, the bars il and 13 are connected at the top by a handle rod 28 provided intermediate its ends With a hand grip 29.

ln front of the side Wall ot each heater casing 23 Which 'faces the interior of the enclosure is mounted a guard to prevent the patient from coming in contact 'with said wall. rlhis guard or shield is a Wire netting 30 secured in arirame 3l which is pivotally hung at the top, as shown at 32, to the arched .barsill and i3, and detachably secured at the bottom to the casing M all by Wing nuts or other suitable fasteners 38, which latter, when they are operated to release the guard,

enable the same vto be swung away from they bars, each of said bars being composed 01"' a pair of hinged sections to permit Jfolding transversely of the trarne7 a. rigid connection between the intermediate bar and one of the end bars, and a slidable connection between said bars and the other end bar.

2. A supporting trame 'for a bath cabinet, comprising arched end and intermediate bars, tubular longitudinal bars rigidly connecting the intermediate bar and one end of the end bars, and longitudinal rods extending from the other end bar and telescopically seating in the aforesaid longitudinal bars.

3. A supporting trame :tor a bath cabinet, comprising arched end and intermediate bars, each or said bars being composed of a pair of hinged sections to permit folding transversely oi the traine.j tubular longitudinal bars rigidly connecting the inter-` mediate bar and one of the end bars, and longitudinal rods extending from the other end bar and telescopically seating in the aforesaid longitudinal bars,

ln testimony7 whereof ive atlix our signatures.

FRANK HNH JHN SCHULTZL, 

